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Tom Foale

@tfoale.bsky.social
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Xscapee. Entrepreneur, innovator, CTO for a cybersecurity business. Working on a theory of rational government. Determined rejoiner. #FBPE. Kidney donor.

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Liam Connolly @connolly-lg.bsky.social · 15h
Zelensky is so much the polar opposite of Trump. Brave, dignified, moral, dedicated to his people... It's almost like he exists to remind the World that a better way is possible.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4h
NHS faces exodus of ADHD and autism services staff to private clinics. Low wages have caused brain drain, loss of skilled staff. Part of privatisation of the NHS by stealth. Private sector picks up NHS contracts, profiteers, higher cost to public purse, increases NHS queues.
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NHS faces exodus of ADHD and autism services staff to private clinics
Brain drain of psychologists, psychiatrists and nurses leaves NHS ‘weaker’, driving patients to seek care elsewhere
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Chris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 2h
International fascism has made Trump and Farage extremely wealthy. Whether the attraction is ideological or just about greed is not obvious. They are both extremist racists.
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Tom Foale @tfoale.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
All we need is a period of Trussflation and everyone will suddenly lose interest in the pound as the national currency.
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Tom Foale @tfoale.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign Foxglove's petition to stop data centres harming our communities and environment now. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Ban data centres that harm our communities and climate
Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Firefighters and Police switch sides in France and join the protestors.
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Vince Gomez @vincegomez.com · 04/10/2026
Elliott's column, well worth a read: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes | Larry Elliott
Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
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Clarissa Oakes 🇺🇦 @clarissaoakes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's odd how Tories promising tax cuts aren't subject to the same "nation's credit card" strictures.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Your enemy is not travelling by small boat, they are travelling by private jet" via The UK Against Hate Ps Nigel Farage was so concerned about struggles of ordinary people he flew to super-rich conference at Davos by private jet to tell billionaires they'd be even richer of he got into No. 10
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨🚨A #climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale. www.politico.eu/article/clim...
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A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith gets more love and admiration in a single night out to a concert than Donald has struggled to get in eight painful decades of rejection.
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Валера | Valera @valerair.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tucker Carlson is not just a fact of Putin. He is really well paid from Russia: dozens of millions per visit to Moscow, millions per episode on Russia/ Ukraine.
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max1969.bsky.social @max1959.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
I debated 20 far-far-far-right conservatives (racists? fascists?) on Jubilee's 'Surrounded.' Here are some of the highlights of them unable to answer my basic questions or rebut the simplest of points. Not sure whether to laugh or cry. Here's the full 'debate': www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-W...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026
My previous nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It": us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
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Enshittification
Winner of the 2026 Locus Award for NonfictionEnshittification: It’s not just you—the internet sucks now. It’s been enshittified. That was no accident, ...
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 24/09/2026
💷 EU membership is worth upwards of 92bn for our economy. 🇬🇧 628 out of 632 British constituencies prefer EU membership over any other UK-EU policy option. ❌ Committing to EU membership in the manifesto will stop Farage entering Number 10. It is a no brainer.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Guardian joins the campaign to abolish the state pension triple-lock. Portrays it as a old v young, social security v defence spending issue. Silence on corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich, maldistribution of wealth, low govt spend on state pension, how future retirees will survive.
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Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage? | Gaby Hinsliff
The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🤩 Smoke from Kuibyshev Refinery in Samara has already spread over 100 km across the territory of the Russian Federation.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Only someone devoid of all self-knowledge could live with such hypocrisy ... meme via Truth Against Hate
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Andy Burnham. Drinks 12-15 cups of tea a day? Ha! What a wimp. When we Conservatives were in power Nadine Dorries was drinking 12-15 bottles of vodka a day. 😊💪
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This should be the moment people finally realise that Farage has turned them into fascists. If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred.
Reform UK
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Charities' actions in aiding and abetting the invasion of our country will be illegal under
Reform UK.

Photo of Farage on Gb news
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is the way. See how long Trump can handle being ignored.
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 14/09/2026
NEWS! Nigel Farage baffled by falling popularity after giving public unprecedented opportunity to get to know Nigel Farage buff.ly/HIGHelu
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Nigel Farage baffled by falling popularity after giving public unprecedented opportunity to get to know Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage has expressed his bafflement at becoming increasingly unpopular with the British public despite spending the last decade giving them almost unlimited opportunities to discover precisel…
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
💔 "For decades, Britain’s mainstream political leaders have been enabling anti-Muslim racism, creating the ideal conditions for the rise of hard-right political parties."
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Islamophobia is rising – and Britain’s politicians have been dangerously complacent in tackling it | Arun Kundnani
Mainstream figures have been enabling anti-Muslim racism, creating the ideal conditions for the rise of hard-right polit
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
US Justice Dept and Reform donor Ben Delo. Pled guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act. Built a company designed to flout US law; willfully failed to implement and maintain even basic anti-money laundering policies. $10 million criminal fine. 30 months of probation, waived by Trump.
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heleninsomerset.bsky.social @heleninsomerset.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Delightfully vicious piece. ‘Hitler pored over architectural plans in his bunker during his final days. Trump is buried in catalogues of fixtures and fittings, busy inspecting the workmanship of his helipad-cum-cocktail patio, as the country crumbles around him.’ www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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The desecration of DC: from a giant arch to a nuke-proof bunker, Trump’s legacy-building blingfest is an architectural atrocity
A bloated ballroom, a six-storey military HQ, a helipad-cum-cocktail patio, a gilded angel on a giant arch honouring himself … our architecture critic deplores the decorator-in-chief’s mutilation of W...
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Tom Foale @tfoale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The real question for AI is: will it become self-aware before the techbro billionaires do? If it does then it could be AI that saves us from them, not the other way round.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You can’t polish a turd, but you can roll it in a lot of turquoise sequins for £72m. Can’t wait to expose them.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 12/09/2026
Reform are a minor party with no track record (no positive one) and no real policies, stuffed full of bigots and failed Tories (and failed Tory bigots) - a handful of super rich fools are pushing them to a prominence they simply should not have.
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
free the press petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reform
Pass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democra...
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Billions lost to Brexit could make NHS waiting lists disappear, top economist says www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Billions lost to Brexit could make NHS waiting lists disappear, top economist says
Exclusive: Nigel Farage is a ‘spectre’ impeding the UK’s recovery from Brexit, which has cost the UK £3,000 per person every year, Professor Nick Bloom says
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Coverage of the letter I wrote to the Electoral Commission about hospitality Nigel Farage received in Dubai which hasn’t been declared. The Commission is now investigating.
mirror.co.uk
Farage accused of failing to declare donors from events in the Middle East
EXCLUSIVE: The Electoral Commission has confirmed it will look into hospitality heaped on Nigel Farage and senior party figures in Dubai last January by mega-rich supporters
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12/09/2026
Saudi Arabia’s critical East-West oil pipeline that acts as a workaround for shipments unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz was shut as a precautionary measure following multiple attacks on Thursday, the Ministry of Energy said
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Saudi Oil Pipeline That Bypasses Hormuz Shut After Attacks
Saudi Arabia’s critical East-West oil pipeline that acts as a workaround for shipments unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz was shut as a precautionary measure following multiple attacks on Thursday, the Ministry of Energy said.
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hoo boy! Federal Judge leaning toward ordering lardass to produce documents BBC asked for in lardass' $10B lawsuit He has 2 options: release incriminating J6 documents or withdraw lawsuit Best thing about this: it's a self-inflicted gunshot wound by lardass. 🤣🤣🤣 lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
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Judge thinks BBC has 'solid case' for getting docs that could defeat Trump's whole lawsuit
Trump's opponent may have "solid case" for securing unredacted rulings that could help it defeat the president's defamation lawsuit in Florida, a judge said.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
An important piece. Al Qaeda spent a couple hundred thousand dollars to execute 9/11. We spent trillions and upended the world in an historic over-reaction to go after a couple thousand criminals.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you.
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Tom Foale @tfoale.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Tommy Robinson” the grifter has taken all of his followers for fools by spending their donations on gambling. Caught bang to rights by one of my friends and their blockchain analysis skills…. Of course, to be a Tommy Robinson supporter you really do have to be extremely thick and gullible…
Tommy Robinson exposé on how he has gambled away his supporters donations, caught bang to rights by the global blockchain. Channel 4, Wednesday the 9th September at 10pm.
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European Briton 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺 #RejoinEU #FBPE @europeanbriton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Watch the full Channel 4 sting on Reform UK’s seemingly illegal attempts to obtain foreign funding here. Then help make sure that it’s seen by everyone. It’s time to sink Farage’s boat. youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
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Going undercover to expose Reform's secret donations plot
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So, we're allowing conditions for development of antibiotic resistant bugs +, at the same time, not putting enough effort into developing new antibiotics. As this report puts it, if antibiotics stop working effectively, we 'lose modern medicine as we know it'. share.google/hGwU5OnqvNHD...
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What If Antibiotics Stopped Working? | NHS If | The King's Fund
Professor Dame Sally Davies and Rebecca Sugden consider the future of modern medicine in the light of increasing antimicrobial resistance.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Note how the moral panic about blocking the roads disappears if it's the far right doing it
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The ‘British values’ brigade in action.
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PeteGulls @gullssinceaboy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nigel Farage’s promise of extreme authoritarian govt. Scum of the earth.
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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🔥 Sunday School: DAS SCHADENFREUDEFEST 🔥 We dissect a horrible few days for Farage, every aspect of his latest scandal, and every moment of his car crash conference. And laugh about it quite a lot. As is right and proper. 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7bMP...
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Sunday School: Das Schadenfreudefest
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 6 September · 1hr 12min
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Tom Foale @tfoale.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It could also be the government’s strategy to let it happen in a few places to test the national reaction and to appetite for a mass arrest?
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